In a light week of NCAC Softball action, Oberlin picked up the lone win for the conference as the Yeowomen split a two-game series with Maryville College. Numerous conference teams will open up their 2014 season this week and next on spring break trips in Florida.
ALLEGHENY opened
the season 0-4, taking part in the Beach Blast in the Mountains in
Salem, Virginia. After opening the season with a 6-1 loss to
Roanoke and an 8-2 loss to Mary Washington on Saturday. Allegheny
was defeated 12-3 by Washington (Md.) and 2-1 by Catholic on
Sunday. Senior Halea Hayden (Pittsburgh, PA/North
Hills) went 6-for-11 with two doubles and two runs
scored on the weekend, while sophomore Katrina George
(New Kensington, PA/Valley) homered twice and
drove in three runs.
Freshman Miranda Arison (New Salem,
PA/Brownsville) led the pitching corps, allowing just
one run with six strikeouts in six innings, while
classmate Abrianna Sadler (Claridge,
PA/Penn-Trafford) was saddled with a hard-luck loss
against Catholic, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out
seven.
DENISON will open the
2014 season on Sunday, March 16th, on their spring break trip
in Tucson, Arizona against Augsburg at 2:00 p.m.
DEPAUW had a tough
weekend in Atlanta, Georgia as they lost all four of their contest
and were only able to score seven runs to opponents’ 34 runs
scored.
HIRAM will open the
2014 season on Monday, March 10th, on their spring break trip
in Kissimmee, Florida against Marietta at 11:00 a.m.
KENYON will
open the 2014 season on Monday, March 3rd, on their spring
break trip in Fort Myers, Florida against Franklin at 9:00 a.m.
OBERLIN started
its season by earning a split at Maryville College,
winning game one, 4-2, before falling, 9-6, in the nightcap.
First-year Sami Mericle (San Rafael, CA/San
Rafael) and
junior Katie Pieplow (Rescue,
CA/Ponderosa) each had three hits on the day,
while Pieplow also recorded seven RBIs.
OHIO WESLEYAN
will open the 2014 season on Monday, March 10th, on their
spring break trip in Fort Myers, Florida against St. Joseph’s
at 9:00 a.m.
WITTENBERG will
open the 2014 season on Monday, March 10th, on their spring
break trip in Clermont, Florida against Northwestern (MN) at 9:00
a.m.
WOOSTER will
open the 2014 season on Sunday, March 9th, on their spring
break trip in Fort Myers, Florida against Dominican at 11:00
a.m.